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Patch 9.2 Appears on the Encrypted CDN, PTR Release Speculations

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It seems we might not be waiting too long for the patch 9.2 PTR to come around, as it has appeared on the encrypted WoW CDN (Content Delivery Network)!

As reported by MrGM, some new patch files hit the CDN as the 9.1.5 files have been updated to 9.2.0.40958! This is the first sighting of the new patch on any level and, for comparison, when we first saw the first signs of 9.1 show up on the CDN, the PTR was only 6 days behind! With 9.2 probably being a very large patch we may have to wait a bit longer this time but the PTR shouldn't be too far behind.

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Awesome! I was hoping we would get a reveal right around this time since this is right when our cancelled Blizzcon would've been. Seems my guess may not be far off. Wonder if they'll wait until the 1 year Shadowlands launch date or something. I hope not.

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11 minutes ago, elmurufdd said:

prob gunna be a bit since this will probaly be the last content patch of the xpac as well as wrapping up this terribly written SL story 

I can already visualise the team rushing to end this garbage expansion. Wouldn't surprise me if the last 2 expacs were a test to see how much the playerbase would tolerate before leaving. And leaving the best for 10.0, just as they did with WoD before Legion

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54 minutes ago, elmurufdd said:

prob gunna be a bit since this will probaly be the last content patch of the xpac as well as wrapping up this terribly written SL story 

yep all the wow expansions end at x.2 versions

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41 minutes ago, Dejo93 said:

I can already visualise the team rushing to end this garbage expansion. Wouldn't surprise me if the last 2 expacs were a test to see how much the playerbase would tolerate before leaving. And leaving the best for 10.0, just as they did with WoD before Legion

It's still baffling to me that they doubled down on BFA rather than taking a step backward towards Legion.

That said, I doubt they're going to cut the expansion short to release the new one faster. Patches and content and especially expansions are scheduled and have work begun on them very, VERY far in advance. Dropping a patch or two won't make the next expansion be ready faster.

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40 minutes ago, Brightamethyst said:

It's still baffling to me that they doubled down on BFA rather than taking a step backward towards Legion.

That said, I doubt they're going to cut the expansion short to release the new one faster. Patches and content and especially expansions are scheduled and have work begun on them very, VERY far in advance. Dropping a patch or two won't make the next expansion be ready faster.

They had a lot of feedback during BfA beta, yet once they set on Azerite armor and necklace, they wouldn't change their mind.

Perhaps it was planned to be a shorter expansion. Anyway that whole situation with pandemic delayed stuff, at this point we should know about next expansion. Maybe lawsuit had some effect, but probably not as large. Could it become the longest running expansion so far?

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2 hours ago, xilla said:

yep all the wow expansions end at x.2 versions

Has more to do with plot going nowhere past that mark.

By now, the Jailer is already in this "(Not-A)Zereth Mortis" knocking on the Sepulcer's door, while the Primus figures out final sigil's replacement - which he will by 9.2, there's not much left in Shadowlands except finding Arthas and Nathanos (provided neither of the is that crystal soul in Kingsmourne) for... reasons.

So, if there was another patch, and we'd only fight the Jailer in 9.3, what exactly would we be doing for 9.2 to warrant a big content patch? 

...unless of course we do a 9.2 raid with us chasing the Jailer through the not-Torghast while not-Sylvanas, as the last boss, holds us off and the former escapes with what he needs. Throw Denathrius going 'merely a setback' in somewhere for bonus points.

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12 hours ago, Teufel said:

So, if there was another patch, and we'd only fight the Jailer in 9.3, what exactly would we be doing for 9.2 to warrant a big content patch? 

One patch more would certainly feel like a filler, if we just kept chasing after Jailer. No idea how they could stretch this story more, unless he would have to die earlier, but then next patch had to introduce someone else. Rather anticlimactic. Not that Denathrius (he might still return) and Jailer are very interesting, we still don't know enough about them and their motivations.

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1 hour ago, Arcling said:

One patch more would certainly feel like a filler, if we just kept chasing after Jailer. No idea how they could stretch this story more, unless he would have to die earlier, but then next patch had to introduce someone else. Rather anticlimactic. Not that Denathrius (he might still return) and Jailer are very interesting, we still don't know enough about them and their motivations.

Much as I'd like to see Denathrius working towards killing Zovaal - as opposed to imprisonment the other Eternals chose, hence why he'd 'help' the Jailer escape Shadowlands, into somewhere he might be more vulnerable - to make at least one of them interesting, there is enough evidence to rebuke it.

Sad, really.

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45 minutes ago, Teufel said:

Much as I'd like to see Denathrius working towards killing Zovaal - as opposed to imprisonment the other Eternals chose, hence why he'd 'help' the Jailer escape Shadowlands, into somewhere he might be more vulnerable - to make at least one of them interesting, there is enough evidence to rebuke it.

Sad, really.

Yeah, it seems Denathrius will remain on Zovaal's side, so it's unlikely that we get something as interesting as Denathrius having some sort of double agenda. He could be forced to work against him, but again, covenant leaders are probably too good to pull something like this.

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On 11/5/2021 at 8:43 PM, xilla said:

yep all the wow expansions end at x.2 versions

wow will u look  at that seems SL will end with 9.2 just liek i said according to the interviews today 

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